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CFUN Newsletter (On FBI Surveillance)
Newsletter from Amiri Baraka and the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN), on the surveillance and counterintelligence efforts of the FBI and Justice Department to “destroy” the organization. CFUN was a cultural nationalist organization established in 1968 by Amiri Baraka aimed at achieving Black political power in Newark. — Credit: Amiri Baraka Papers, Columbia University Libraries
Baraka Soul Session Flyer (1974)
Flyer for a Soul Session, hosted by Amiri Baraka and the Committee For Unified Newark at the Hekalu Mwalimu (“Temple of the Teacher”), 13 Belmont Avenue. Baraka’s organization hosted Soul Sessions every Sunday, and incorporated music, poetry, and theatre with political discussion. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Black NewArk (V 2, No 13 November 1973)
Volume 2, Number 13 of Black NewArk, the local newspaper of the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN), published in November 1973. Black NewArk was one of several media outlets developed by Amiri Baraka to promote Black cultural nationalism in Newark and the nation. — Credit: NYU Tamiment Library
Black NewArk (V 2, No 10 September 1973)
Volume 2, Number 10 of Black NewArk, the local newspaper of the Committee For Unified Newark (CFUN), published in September 1973. Black NewArk was one of several media outlets developed by Amiri Baraka to promote Black cultural nationalism in Newark and the nation. — Credit: NYU Tamiment Library
Kwanzaa Celebration Inside the Hekalu (502 High Street)
A view from inside the Hekalu, the headquarters of the Committee For Unified Newark, during a jazz performance to celebrate Kwanzaa. The Hekalu was a hub for political and cultural expression and nationalism, regularly hosting concerts, performances, and film screenings grounded in the politics of liberation and nationalism. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Kwanzaa Celebration Inside the Hekalu, 2 (502 High Street)
A view from inside the Hekalu, the headquarters of the Committee For Unified Newark, during a jazz performance to celebrate Kwanzaa. The Hekalu was a hub for political and cultural expression and nationalism, regularly hosting concerts, performances, and film screenings grounded in the politics of liberation and nationalism. — Credit: Newark Public Library
